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3 months ago
Georgia win offers Democrats new opportunity -- plus a reality check: The Note
Tuesday's Georgia Senate runoff between Raphael Warnock and Herchel Walker wound up looking a lot like the first round of voting in November
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Truths and consequences await Kansas abortion-rights vote: The Note
Voters in Kansas on Tuesday will decide whether to eliminate a state constitutional right to abortion
3 months ago
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Joe Biden faces fresh headwinds from his base: The Note
Inside the context of what looks like a brutal midterm year, there are plenty of reasons to think Democrats might be rallying behind President Joe Biden at the moment.
3 months ago
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Slight thaw in gun politics opens window for Senate: The Note
Getting a Senate gun control bill after the Texas school shooting will require actual compromise among lawmakers with reputations and records on the line.
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2 years ago
Democrats close legislative year with final swipes at Trump: The Note
Consider the ways in which Trump was rebuked and rebuffed:. His taxes were exposed; his actions around Jan. 6 were called out
2 years ago
2 years ago
Zelenskyy helps Biden lay down markers for Ukraine support: The Note
With Zelenskyy by his side at the White House, Joe Biden guaranteed the Ukrainian people directly: "You will never stand alone"
2 years ago
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Election denials go to court as Jan. 6 fallout brings action: The Note
Defeated gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake will get the hearing she has demanded.
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Jan. 6 fallout set to spill into 2023 and 2024: The Note
The final words from the House Jan. 6 committee were stark and without precedent -- up to and including recommendations that Trump face prosecution
2 years ago
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Unfinished Trump business dominates end-of-year sprint: The Note
Virtually every day of the final week before Christmas brings decision points for Democrats on how to handle circumstances put into motion by Trump
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Early Trump 'reset' highlights distance from 2016 to 2024: The Note
The first month of the third Trump campaign might be remembered for how former President Donald Trump himself was nowhere to be seen but everywhere to be found.
2 years ago
2 years ago
Fauci's exit comes amid surge in COVID politics: The Note
COVID-19 has been an awkward part of year-ending debates over government funding, immigration policy and even the annual defense authorization bill
2 years ago
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Post-election Democratic wins carry asterisks: The Note
Democrats and Biden are squeezing what they can out of what remains of their united control of Washington
2 years ago
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Sinema rains on Democrats' post-election parade: The Note
Sen. Kysten Sinema's announcement Friday morning that she is leaving the Democratic Party to become an independent changes the post-election narrative.
2 years ago
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End to midterms belies turmoil in both parties: The Note
Losing the House is inarguably more significant than gaining a Senate seat
2 years ago
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GOP faces further Trump reckoning in Georgia and beyond: The Note
If the 2022 midterms posed a test of Trumpism that the GOP failed, it might not be done quite yet
2 years ago
2 years ago
Biden seeks seismic shift in primary system, putting South Carolina first: The Note
Biden's late suggestions to the Democratic National Committee would kill off the Iowa caucuses and knock out New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary status
2 years ago
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GOP's white supremacist problems extend beyond Trump: The Note
House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was incorrect in asserting that Trump condemned Nick Fuentes after having dinner with him
2 years ago
2 years ago
Biden faces fresh tests of influence before 2023: The Note
And what happens before 2023 begins could have significant implications for 2024 -- all while the question hangs of President Joe Biden's own reelection candidacy
2 years ago
2 years ago
Trump exposes weaknesses in his candidacy and inside GOP: The Note
Less than two weeks after Trump became the first major presidential candidate for 2024, GOP leaders are back to trying to explain away his actions
2 years ago
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Ukraine revealing GOP’s drift from Trump: The Note
GOP officeholders and office-seekers won't admit it, but for many, Russia's invasion of Ukraine has them publicly agreeing more with President Joe Biden than with Trump.
2 years ago
2 years ago
Tough questions ahead for Ketanji Brown Jackson at SCOTUS hearings: The Note
Monday will mark the beginning of hearings for the historic Supreme Court nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.
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2 years ago
Confirmation hearings test vanishing middle: The Note
Credibility aside, Sen. Josh Hawley and other ambitious Republicans on the committee have access to a valuable megaphone in questioning Jackson over the coming days.
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2 years ago
GOP focuses on crime as questions for Jackson begin: The Note
GOP senators focus squarely on issues of crime at Jackson confirmation hearings.
2 years ago
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GOP uses Jackson hearing to inflame tensions over race, crime: The Note
Attacks from GOP senators have spanned from her sentencing of child porn offenders to her defense of terrorist suspects and her familiarity with critical race theory.
2 years ago
2 years ago
McConnell takes wins on party unity, despite Trump: The Note
McConnell's view of how the GOP should be shaping itself is winning out a bit more than Trump’s, at least for now.
2 years ago
2 years ago
'Big lie' takes new twists for GOP: The Note
Trump heads to Georgia this weekend and he'll almost certainly attack incumbent Republicans who rightly say he lost the election.
2 years ago
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Biden’s words spark war within war: The Note
After President Joe Biden said Putin "cannot remain in power," the White House leapt to explain that the president was not endorsing regime change as a policy matter.
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Politicized decisions still loom around Jan. 6: The Note
President Joe Biden declined to comment on the latest revelations about Ginni Thomas’ efforts to urge officials to try to overturn the election.
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2 years ago
GOP primaries take nasty turn, even without Trump: The Note
The leading GOP Senate candidates in Pennsylvania will all share a stage for the first time Wednesday.
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Landscape in flux ahead of primary voting: The Note
As April of the midterm election year begins, four states still haven’t finished drawing congressional districts that will be filled in mere months.
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'New generation' represents challenge and opportunity for Democrats: The Note
It was not just Pelosi but House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and Majority Whip James Clyburn all saying on Thursday that they would vacate the top leadership spots
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2 years ago
Trump forces Republicans into more awkward choices: The Note
The first time around, Republicans in the 2016 campaign were able to act largely as if Donald Trump was someone else's problem -- until, suddenly, he wasn't
2 years ago
2 years ago
GOP faces leadership chaos on Trump's big day: The Note
The seven days since the midterms have put intense focus on the leaders Republicans have -- like Trump, McCarthy and McConnell -- and those they wish they didn't
2 years ago
2 years ago
Pence deepens rift with Trump as GOP's MAGA fallout continues: The Note
Republicans are looking for answers and people to blame after their midterm bust, and Mike Pence is speaking out about Trump and Jan. 6
2 years ago
2 years ago
GOP's MAGA reckoning faces major speed bumps: The Note
For six years now, most Republican loyalties to Donald Trump have rested on a simple assumption: Trump helps them win
2 years ago
2 years ago
GOP gets Trumped in midterm setbacks: The Note
Tuesday's midterm election might be best defined in the immediate aftermath by what it wasn't -- a wave or a tsunami, or a repudiation of President Joe Biden.
2 years ago
2 years ago
Local factors keep races close in unexpected places: The Note
The election was always going to come down to battleground states like Georgia, Pennsylvania and Nevada. But other, unexpected states feature close races this year.
2 years ago
2 years ago
Democrats acting more worried than they're sounding about midterms: The Note
You can look at where Democrats are spending and what they're doing in the final stretch of voting -- and, in some cases, even what they're saying about how things look.
2 years ago
2 years ago
Contenders past and present loom over 2022: The Note
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump may have more on the line in the coming days than anyone else, with one week to go before the midterm elections.
2 years ago
2 years ago
Paul Pelosi attack highlights jitters and stakes around midterms: The Note
A fair reading of the moment puts the attack on Paul Pelosi on a bipartisan list that includes threats, plots and actual violence committed across the political spectrum.
2 years ago
2 years ago
Upset hopes keep Senate map in flux: The Note
The data-overloaded pre-election midterm period practically invites head fakes and the indulging of fantasies inside both parties
2 years ago
2 years ago
As swing-state candidates face new scrutiny, both parties bank on backlash: The Note
There's no comparing what Herschel Walker stands accused of having done (which he denies) and what John Fetterman stands accused of not being capable of doing
2 years ago
2 years ago
GOP homes in on crime as debate messaging overlaps: The Note
The biggest debate of the midterm cycle was Pennsylvania's Senate race, and it was Democrat John Fetterman who was the first to mention his stroke and speech issues
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Big moment for Dr. Oz on Pennsylvania debate day vs. Fetterman: The Note
A plausible case can be made that Tuesday night's Pennsylvania Senate debate brings the bigger moment for the Republican candidate, Mehmet Oz, over John Fetterman
2 years ago
2 years ago
On debate day in Florida, DeSantis looms large for both parties: The Note
It would actually be surprising at this stage if Ron DeSantis chose not to run for president in 2024
2 years ago
2 years ago
Midterm story lines converge on Arizona: The Note
Arizona midterm voters are choosing leaders for the future and also choosing between competing versions of the past
2 years ago
2 years ago
Biden seeks streamlined messaging for Democrats amid midterm countdown: The Note
Biden on Thursday makes a rare-for-this-cycle trip to battleground Pennsylvania on Thursday to campaign for Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman
2 years ago
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Midterm surrogate season brings celebrities and 2024 buzz: The Note
In the final weeks of the midterm race, big-name Democratic and Republican lawmakers are out on the campaign trail as are celebrities like Oprah and Dave Matthews
2 years ago
2 years ago
Anti-Trump Republicans are down but not out this midterm season: The Note
Lisa Murkowski, Brad Raffensperger and more hope to provide proof that there's life in public office for Republicans who speak out against Trump
2 years ago
2 years ago
Voting and vote-counting concerns grow ahead of midterms: The Note
Some 2 million people have already voted in the midterms, a level of participation reached earlier than ever in a midterm cycle, according to the U.S. Elections Project
2 years ago